In addition, the need to withstand anticipated heavy use made durability a major priority for the new facility. Photo: Varco Prudenįunds were gathered to build a new $5.8 million facility, but as a non-for-profit, Firehouse Ministries was working with an extremely limited budget. Birmingham’s award-winning Firehouse Shelter features cost effective and durable horizontal ribbed insulated metal panels and a standing seam metal roof.
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However, one of the organization’s main facilities – an old fire station in Birmingham – was too small, running up against code issues and in desperate need of replacement. Helping to fill this gap, the non-profit Firehouse Ministries has been supporting approximately 5,000 men per year with meals, showers, beds, and social services since 1983.
While the state of Alabama provides some programs for its homeless, it isn’t anywhere close to meeting the needs of this underserved population.
Showcasing the durability, cost effectiveness and beauty of metal buildings, Birmingham’s Firehouse Shelter effectively doubled Firehouse Ministries’ capacity to service homeless men in Alabama.Īcknowledged for its incorporation of green building elements, aesthetics, user comfort, and project execution on a challenging building site, the community service project earned an Honorable Mention in Building Design+Construction’s 2020 Building Team Awards, a Metal Building Contractors and Erectors Association (MBCEA) 2021 Building of the Year award and a Varco Pruden (VP) 2021 Hall of Fame award.
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